turn it over to our lobbyist i want to introduce you to two new people on the legislative affairs vicky johnson with the federal lobbyists and patrick that will building doing our local and region work and i'm sure you're aware of verna fox left us in january and aaron left us so during that time the two people in our staff has been carrying the level harlan has appreciated it they've carried the team for the last 6 months thank you so i'm going to turn it over to don and gilbert and dearly to provide an in effect overview in washington, d.c. and in sacramento. >> you go first. >> thanks julia i'm don gilbert appreciate thank you for the opportunity it united kingdom thank you for having me so happen to be here our firmer as represented sfpuc for a number of years i think commissioner moran was gm when we started i believe it has been awhile a privilege to represent sfpuc you know it is interesting work it feels like it's important work and sometimes we have fun doing it as well our main job as julia mentioned to look for the interests of sfpuc in sacramento whether it is before the elective it